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YOUR journey
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Family Friendly 
Nature Walks 
Street Food 
Heritage 
Home Hospitality - Food & Wine
Archaeology 
Jeep Tour
Program Itinerary
DAY 1
DEPARTURE
Wed. Oct 25, 2023
- Depart the USA.
Overnight: Flight
DAY 2
LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN
Thu. Oct 26, 2023
- Enter Tel Aviv, also known as “the city that never sleeps.”
- Check into the hotel.
- Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3
THE FIRST HEBREW CITY
Fri. Oct 27, 2023
- Explore the Old City of Jaffa, including the flea market – Shuk Hapishpishim.
- Visit the Ayalon Institute near Rehovot and its secret ammunition factory.
- Explore Nachalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv’s arts and crafts market before we move on to the Carmel Market.
- Walk along Independence Trail in Tel Aviv.
- Kabbalat Shabbat services at Shoham.
- Home Hospitality Shabbat dinner/communal Shabbat dinner with local congregants or festive Shabbat dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 4
SHABBAT IN TEL AVIV
Sat. Oct 28, 2023
- Visit ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, which is dedicated to telling the ongoing story of the Jewish people.
- Walk down Bialik Street, home to many of Tel Aviv’s finest early artists and authors. Take a guided tour of Rubin House, the home and studio of the painter Reuven Rubin.
- Mark the end of Shabbat with a communal Havdalah ceremony.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5
TO THE NORTH
Sun. Oct 29, 2023
- Check out of the hotel.
- Visit Caesarea, one of the Land of Israel's most important cities during the Roman Period.
- Visit Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav, the village’s secret weapons hideaway used during the 1948 War of Independence. Visit the famous cemetery.
- Join an Israeli Arab family at their home to talk, over tea and coffee, about their lives and to join them for a GalilEat cooking workshop, followed by a traditional dinner and knafeh workshop.
- Drive to the Upper Galilee and check into the hotel.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 6
NORTHERN EXPSOURE
Mon. Oct 30, 2023
- Visit the Tel Dan Nature Reserve.
- Go for a jeep tour of the Golan Heights.
- Wine tasting at a local boutique winery.
- Visit the Hula Nature Reserve, home to thousands of storks, cranes, pelicans, and flamingos. Enjoy bike-riding and golf-carting.
- Return to the hotel for Dinner.
- Meet with Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Eyal Dror, former commander of the "Good Neighbor Campaign” – the IDF’s Humanitarian Aid Unit for the Syrian population that was affected by the civil war.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 7
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Tue. Oct 31, 2023
- Check out of the hotel.
- Spend time in Tsfat, where you will:
- Meet with David Friedman, a Tsfat artist inspired by Kabbalah.
- Visit the Ari Synagogue.
- See the Caro Synagogue, built originally, like the Ari Synagogue, in the 16th century.
- Walk through the Artists’ Colony.
- Drive south on the Trans-Israel Highway and see the Security Barrier.
- Check into the hotel.
- Stop at the Haas Promenade for a traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing of thanksgiving.
- Join Professor Reuven Hazan of the Political Science Department at Hebrew University for an introduction into Israel's turbulent political scene.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8
A CITY OF LAYERS
Wed. Nov 1, 2023
- Tour Jerusalem’s Old City and the Jewish Quarter.
- Among the highlights will be:
- A climb to the rooftops, overlooking the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the golden Dome of the Rock, and the famous Hurva Synagogue.
- The Cardo, the main street of Roman-controlled Jerusalem and its Byzantine-era columns.
- King Hezekiah’s “Broad Wall,” built to protect Jerusalem from invasion 2,700 years ago.
- Hurva Square, the center of modern-day life in the Jewish Quarter.
- Visit The Jerusalem Archaeological Park.
- Visit the Kotel (Western Wall).
- Explore the Western Wall Tunnel.
- Meet with an IRAC activist for a dialogue about their work.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9
JEWISH MEMORY, JEWISH RENEWAL
Thu. Nov 2, 2023
- J² Salon Talk: A Time to Remember and a Time to Forget. Memory is a key part of Jewish identity. But aren’t some parts of history better left forgotten? We’ll be hearing from a variety of voices - Bob Marley, Yehuda Amihai, Rabbi Nahman, and Elie Wiesel – to talk about the role of remembering and forgetting in Jewish life.
- Visit Yad Vashem. Your guided tour will include:
- The Avenue of the Righteous.
- The Historical Museum.
- The Children’s Memorial.
- Take a multi-cultural tasting journey through the area where Jerusalemites shop and enjoy lunch.
- Tour the grounds of Israel’s “Capitol Hill”: the Rose Garden, featuring more than 400 species of roses imported from all around the world; The Knesset – Israel’s Parliament building and its famous Menorah – Israel’s symbol monument built from bronze; The Supreme Court – designed to reflect Jewish and democratic values of justice.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 10
THE DEAD SEA BASIN
Fri. Nov 3, 2023
- Take the cable car to the top of Masada.
- Float on the Dead Sea.
- Return to Jerusalem.
- Join services at Ezrat Israel, the pluralistic section of the Kotel (Western Wall).
- Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 11
SHABBAT IN JERUSALEM
Sat. Nov 4, 2023
- Stroll along the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City.
- Tour the Tower of David Museum and explore the city's history – from the time of Abraham to the end of the British Mandate over Palestine.
- Late check-out from the hotel.
- Festive farewell dinner.
- Group transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport and check in for your flight.
Overnight: Flight
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
RATES & LODGING
participants
15+
Cost p/p in double room
$6,050
Cost p/p in single room
$7,880
Tel Aviv: Crowne Plaza Beach
- Nights: 3
- Room Category: Deluxe
- Hotel Website
Upper Galilee: Hotel HaGoshrim nature
- Nights: 2
- Room Category: Superior
- Hotel Website
Jerusalem: The Inbal
- Nights: 4+LCO
- Room Category: Deluxe
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 9 nights' accommodations. Late check out on the day of departure is included.
- 10 days of touring with a tour educator (guide), 10 days of touring in a luxury, air-conditioned bus.
- Daily breakfast, 1 lunch & 6 dinners.
- Water on the bus.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Israel.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- Value Added Tax is currently not applicable to tourists visiting Israel. Should the law change, you will be notified accordingly, and VAT will be added to your final invoice.
- Gratuities: Recommend guidelines for tipping are provided in the terms section.
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
- How to Make a Reservation | The quickest way to make a reservation is to register online or contact us by email. We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. A non-refundable deposit is required in order to complete the registration process.
- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
- Payments | The balance of your payment is due 90 days before your trip begins, or as specified in your invoice. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks before this date. Various payment options are available as follows:
- Credit card | We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Please check with your credit card provider regarding international processing fees. We are unable to process payments of over $1,000 over the phone. Please submit payment online via a credit card or by wiring funds via your bank.
- Domestic bank wire transfer | Payment should be wired in the same currency that is listed on your invoice. Please add the name of your group or invoice number as a reference and forward a copy of the transfer receipt by email. The bank transfer should clearly state the beneficiary’s name on the wire transfer.
- Please use the following information: Citizens Bank: 1 Citizens Drive, Riverside, RI 02915 Routing number: 021313103 (Domestic only) ACH: 036076150 SWIFT Code: CTZIUS33 (International only)
- Beneficiary Instructions: For the benefit of J² Adventures. Account number: 1001858331
- J² Adventures reserves the right to automatically cancel your reservation on that date and it may be subject to reconfirmation should the final payment not be received.
- Cancelation Policy | All cancelations need to be made in writing. The cancelation fee depends on the date when we receive written notification of your request to cancel your booking. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 90 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 89 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
- Cancelation fees may also include: Hotel or supplier cancelation fees. J² Adventures reserves the right to adjust its terms of payment, including cancelation policies and initial deposits.
- Protect your investment for $495 p/p: Should you cancel your trip up to 5 days before your departure for any reason, our POM program offers you a trip refund. Call 888-230-6008 or e-mail: [email protected].
- Please click here to view our full terms (T&C’s). These T&C’s apply to all reservations created within J2 Adventures.
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